Cigarette holder



April 7, 1925. 1,532,262

W. A. PIKE CIGARETTE :HOL'DER Filed July 26, 1924 IN VEN TOR.

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Patented Apr. 7, 1925.

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\ I 'TiILIrIAM A. PIKE, OI OTTAWA, ILLINOIS.

Application filed July 26, 1924. Serial No. 728,302.

To all whom it may concern: Figure 3 is a front elevation of the ciga- Be'itk nown that I, WILLIAM A. PIKE, a holdercitiz'en of the United States, residing at Ottawa, in the county-of La Salle' and. State of Illinois, have inventedv certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to cigarette holders particularly adapted .for use in connection with ash trays, and has for its object. to. proyide a holder which will positively grip a cigarette and hold the same on the ash tray,-

thereby preventing the cigarette from falling oil the tray onto a floor or carpet and damaging the same.

A further object is to provide gripping members for the cigarette, which, when the cigarette is placed-therein, will tightly grip and compress the same, therebycutting of! the flow of air through the cigarette, consequently causing the cigarette to go out-before the portion thereof between the gripping members is consumed. Also the clamping jaws by preventing the continued burnmg of the cigarette obviates a common diffi- 'culty now experienced with many kinds of cigarettes which continue to. burn when placed in an ash tray until entirely consumed, which is objectionable.

A further object is to provide a cigarette of an ash tray and comprising spring closed gripping jawshavingdownwardly diverg' ing arms extending through an aperture in a pivoted lever, which lever whenforced downwardly, forces the gripping ends apart. Also to provide a supporting leg outside the pivotal point of the lever for engaging a support and preventing tilting.

of the ash tray when the leveris forced downwardly for opening the jaws.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawing, described and claimed, it beingunderstood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a top plan view of a conventional form of ash tray, showing the cigarette holder applied thereto.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the cigarette holder and ash tray.

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view taken on. line 44 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a conventional form of ash tray and 2 the horizontal flange carried thereby,

which flange is provided with cigar or cigaj rette receiving concave plates 3 of a conventional form. It has been found that where cigarettes are placed in the plates 3, they easily roll off the same in many cases on a highly polished table or on the floor, especially where the cigarettes are of the character which continually burn until entirely consumed. To obviate the above difiiculty, a cigarette h oldin and i in de-. vice is provided, which gi ippinglsv ice comprises curved jaws 4, which jaws have their opposite sides provided with overlapping ears 5, which are pivotally mounted on a horizontally disposed shaft 6 carried by up wardly extending ears 7 of a plate 8 above the flange 2, and which plate is provided with downwardly extending arms 9, which may be secured by welding or otherwise at 10, to the inner side of the tray 1 adjacent the recess 11 therein. The gripping jaws 4 are provided with downwardly diverging arms 12 'which extend through an aperture 13 in a pivoted lever 14, which lever has its inner end pivotally connected at 16 to the arms 9 of the plate 8, and it will be seen that when the lever 14 isforced downwardly at its outer end, the arms 12 will be forced together, thereby moving the gripping arms 4 apart and releasing the cigarette 15. Surrounding'the shaft 6 is a coiled spring 17 the ends 18 of which engage the inner sides of the arms 12 below the shaft 6, and normally force the same apart, therefore it will be seen that when the lever 14 is released,

the diverging arms 12 will-cooperate with downwardly ofiset portion 21 thereof, andforces the same downwardly. It will be noted the supporting leg 19 is relatively close to the finger engaging portion 21 of the lever and outside the pivotal point 16 thereof, therefore it is obvious that during the operation of the lever 14 the ash tray will not be tilted. When it is desired to place a cigarette in the holder, the lever 14 is depressed, thereby spreading the gripping 'aws 4, after which the cigarette is placed etween the gripping jaws 4 and the lever released. When the lever is released, the coiled spring 17 will force the gripping aws 4 into close, gripping and compressing engagement with the cigarette 15, and the diverging arms 12 apart, consequently the diverging arms will return the lever 14 to normal position as shown in Figure 2. The compressing and close gripping of the cigarette will cut off the flow of air therethrough and the ci arette will go out, therefore the continued urning of thecigarette until consumed is obviated, as the same will not burn between the gripping jaws. It will also be seen that the cigarette is positively held, consequently it can not fall off the tray onto a table or floor, and damage the same or cause fire. The lever 14 extends through an opening 22 in the supporting leg 19, thereby forming a compact structure, and at the same time guiding the arm 14 in its vertical movement.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is 1. The combination with an ash tray, a horizontally disposed flange carried by said ash tray, of a ci arette holding member carried thereby, sai member comprising spring actuated gripping jaws, a lever pivoted to the ash tray and cooperating with said jaws for opening the same 11 on a downward movement of the lever, an a supporting leg adjacent said lever and outside of the pivotal point thereof and forming means whereby when ressure is applied on the lever the tray wi be prevented from tilting.

2. The combination with an ash tray, of a cigarette holder carried by one side thereof,

said cigarette holder comprising an outwardly extending plate, a supporting leg carried by the outer end of the plate, cigarette gripping and compressing jaws pivotally mounted on said late, downwardly diverging arms carried y said jaws below their pivotal point, spring means for normally forcing said aws together, an operating lever pivoted to the ash tray andextending through an opening in the supporting le said downwardly .diverging arms extending through the aperture in the lever and cooperating with opposite walls thereof, whereby said arms will be forced together on the downward movement of the lever and forced apart upon the release of the lever and the lever returned to inoperative position.

3. A cigarette holder comprising a plate, gripping jaws pivotally mounted on said plate, spring means for normally forcing said gripping jaws together, said jaws being provided with diverging arms extending through the plate, an operating lever having an aperture therein, said diverging arms extending through the aperture in the lever, opposite walls of said aperture of the lever cooperating with the diverging arms upon a downward movement of the lever for moving the gripping jaws apart and for returning the lever to'normal position when released.

4. A cigarette holder comprising a plate, gripping jaws pivotally mounted on said plate, spring means for normally forcing said jaws together, diverging arms carried by said jaws, a pivoted lever having an aperture, said diverging arms being disposed in said aperture of the lever, said diverging arms cooperating with opposite walls of the lever aperture whereby upon the movement of the lever in one direction the gripping jaws will be spread apart, and upon release of the lever the gripping jaws will move together under the influence of the spring means and the lever will be returned to normal position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WILLIAM A. PIKE. 

